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Yesterday the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, ''that these United Colonies are, and of right...

Quote by John Adams about question, rightness, man

One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would better serve the people as a doctor. So at a very late age - at the age of 38 in fact - he changed course and decided to become a doctor.

Quote by Colin Firth about age, olderness, people

My parents might say that I started telling stories when I learned to talk and decided that I'd become a writer the day I recognized a typewriter.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about parents, writers, day

I decided that I was going to do something totally different so that nobody could say that this (new project) wasn't as good as The Guess Who. They may not like it, but I didn't want to be compared.

Quote by Randy Bachman about good, good luck

It was originally meant to be a barn for animals, but ended up costing so much money that I decided to use it as a studio.

Quote by Randy Bachman about animals, use, money

If these men decided that they have to go in there and fight, I want them to send their own children and grandchildren. I want them to not send a bunch of strangers' kids in there to fight and die.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about fight, children, man

I decided that these are not secrets in the sense that once you know what the strategy was you'll be able next time to feed it.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about common sense, sense, time

I really believe that a lawyer - no matter how good - if he or she is really worth their weight in salt, they will lose some cases because, after all, it is not really one of those secretive things that not everything is decided by who your lawyer...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about things, good, good luck

How I got the name, Apples, I do not know. A boy in my class decided to call me that because he thought I was cute.

Quote by Erykah Badu about name, thinking

God made a very obvious choice when he made me voluptuous; why would I go against what he decided for me? My limbs work, so I'm not going to complain about the way my body is shaped.

Quote by Drew Barrymore about body, god, work

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about events, past, history, people

I was always able to understand my friend who decided to quit smoking and who, through an effort of will, succeeded in doing so. One morning, he opened the newspaper, read that the first H- bomb had exploded, found out about the bomb's admirable...

Quote by Albert Camus about humor

Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me was probably what made me successful. I've seen some very talented actors go into analysis and really lose it.

Quote by Bette Davis about actors

That's when I decided I wanted to rap. I'd hang out on the corner where kids would be rhyming, and when I tried to get in there, I'd get dissed.

Quote by Eminem

I thus decided to leave the university forever and tried to find an industrial job in the United States.

Quote by Richard Ernst

As an actor, there's a bit of you that's decided you want to be looked at and watched, but there's a paradoxical bit that wants to run away.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about actors

Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film of this scale. Our producer decided that for the film to really work it had to be in Kenya.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about film, work

I have a sister who's kind of in the business-she does voice-overs. I think they all watch what I go through and have decided to get married and have children instead. It's a safer bet.

Quote by Linda Fiorentino about voice, affair, children

I pretty well knew Dad was dying early on, and decided that I was not going to let him out of here without closing.

Quote by Peter Fonda

Well, I decided to stop. And I did. I stopped smoking, and I stopped speed at the same time.

Quote by Larry Hagman about speed, time